CVE-2014-3164 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2014-3164?

CVE-2014-3164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

cmds/servicemanager/service_manager.c in Android before commit 7d42a3c31ba78a418f9bdde0e0ab951469f321b5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, or out-of-bounds write) via vectors related to binder passed lengths.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3164?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3164?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3164 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-3164 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3164 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j8pm-8jqg-vg5f.